interrupt

nouns

a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out

interrupt

is a type of (narrower)

an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

make a break in

"We interrupt the program for the following messages"

break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt

is derived from

is derived from

destroy the peace or tranquility of

"Don't interrupt me when I'm reading"

disturb, interrupt

interfere in someone else's activity

"Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone"

disrupt, interrupt

is derived from

terminate

"She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

break, interrupt